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No. 508,436. YPazentedNov. 14, 1893.

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UNITED STATES PATENT GEF-ICE.

ARTHUR REGINALD PEPPIN, OF MAINTONGOON, VICTORIA.

UMBRELLA-FRAM E.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 508,436, dated November14, 1893.

Application led March l0, 1893. Serial No. 465.446. (No model.) Patentedin Victoria November 2, 1891, No. 9,199, and in England December 8,1891, No. 21,437.

To all whom i may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR REGINALD PEPPIN, a Britishl subject, residingat Maintongoon, in the Colony of Victoria, have invented Improvements inUmbrellas and Parasols, (for which I have obtained a patent in the saidColony of Victoria, No. 9,199, bearing date November 2, 1891, and inGreat Britain, No. 21,437, dated December 8, 1891,) of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in the construction of umbrellasand parasols so as to render the same adjustable as hereinafterdescribed in which the centralsleeveguide 'or runner (usually in theform of a ring) working up and down the handle of the umbrella orparasol is made to curve around the handle in the shape of a horse shoehaving the ordinary series of projections or teeth on itsv outersurface, to which ordinary stretchers are attached by means of a doublewire tie screwed through two small holes at each side of the sleeve orrunner the stretchers connecting in the ordinary manner with the ribs ofthe-umbrella or parasol. To the arms of the runner is pivoted by pinconnection a bifurcated stretcher shaped like a tuning fork, the shankat its termination being pivoted in the ordinary Way to a rib of theumbrella or parasol. The under edge of said bifurcated portion of thelast named stretcher is notched so as to form a ratchet for adjustingand securing the handle in the required position as hereinafterdescribed. The runner and fork together forman oblong slot in which thestick lies, the right end of which bears against the stick and travelsup same in the ordinary way until it compresses and passes over theordinary wire sustaining Spring, which spring, on its being againreleased, protrudes from the stick and supports the runner retaining theumbrella open to its full extent. The umbrella being opened fully therunner is released by a slight upward pressure when the handle may-bedrawn laterally along the slot out of its perpendicular position,thespring in the handle working in the ratchet aforesaid, thereby retainingthe handle or stick at the required angle.

The object of the said invention is to enable a person using theumbrella to readily v adjust and secure the same so that the top ofnarily constructed umbrella in a strong Wind necessitates the loweringof the handle of the umbrella to an anglewith the body oi' perhaps fortyve degrees often in a strong wind and requiring the use of both hands.

In order that my invention may be more perfectly understood referencemay now be made to accompanying drawings.

Figure l shows the bifurcated stretcher pivoted at F to the sleeve guideor runner B detached from the umbrella for the purpose of showing thenovelfeatnres of the invention claimed. Fig. 2 is a plan of the saidsleeve guide and bifurcated stretcher. Fig. 3 shows the umbrella cantedor thrown out of center, the handle or stick being removed from thesleeve guide to the extreme left of the bifurcated stretcher and theresecured by means of the ratchet and Wire spring.

In the figures, A is the bifurcated stretcher pivoted at F to the sleeveguide or runner B, the reverse end or shank being attached to rib ofumbrella as an ordinary stretcher as shown in Fig. 3. Y

D are the snotches for engagement with ordinary upper retentive springin handle or stick E.

The sleeve guide and bifurcated stretcher maybe iitted so that the stickmay work from center to the right or reversely as shown in the drawings.

The materials used throughout will be those ordinarily used by the tradein the manufacture of umbrellas and parasols. Y

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

1. In combination,in an umbrella, the haudle, the runner having an openside to receive the handle, the stretchers pivoted to the IOOrunner,oneof saidstretchersafordingabearcatch in the handle adapted toengage the ing and guide for the handle as it is shifted same,substantially as described.

laterally and the means for securing the han- In Witness whereof I havehereunto set my dle to the stretcher in different positions, subhand inpresence of two witnesses. 5 stantially as described. ARTHUR REGINALDPEPPIN.

2. In combination in an umbrella, the han- Witnesses: dle the runneradapted thereto and having JONATHAN BEAR, one open side, the bifurcatedstretcher pivot- Bank Place, Melbourne, Patent Agent. ed to the runnerand embracing the handle, JOHN FINNAMORE,

lo Said stretcher having notches and the spring Of same place, hisClerk.

